Definition of redacting:
(v) :
(usually transitive) To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
(v) :
(law) To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.
(v) :
To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
(v) :
(rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.
(v) :
(obsolete) To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.
(v) :
(obsolete) To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole; to collect, order, or write in a written document or to put into a particular written form.